About
Me
Introduction
Hello! I’m Lily Claire (or LC) Gibson-Grossmann. I recently
graduated from Clemson University with bachelor’s degrees in
Mathematics and Secondary Education. Currently, I am
pursuing my master’s in Data
Science and Analytics, also at Clemson. After completing
two successful summer internships, I am excited to begin my career as a
Quantitative Analyst at Bank of
America in July 2025. I have a passion for learning,
personal growth, helping others, and making positive contributions to my
community.
Projects
Interactive Game: The
Intelligence-Games (Spring 2023)
The Intelligence Games
OpenAI. (2024). A conceptual illustration
representing a game that creatively combines themes from ‘The Hunger
Games’ and the American public education system. DALL·E.
In Spring 2023, I took Introduction to Programming in Java course
(CPSC1060) at Clemson University. We were assigned a final project that
allowed us to creatively create a game! This game is a parallel between
the Hunger Games, one of my favorite book series, and the American
public education system.
Interactive Game:
Hogwarts: The Next Generation (Spring 2024)
Hogwarts: The Next Generation
OpenAI. (2024). An imaginative scene from a
role-playing game inspired by a magical school setting. DALL·E.
We were assigned a project to create a role-playing game for my
‘Introduction to Programming in Python’ (CPSC1050) course here at
Clemson University in the Spring 2024. In this game I created, you are a
new Hogwarts student (Harry Potter’s child) where you will get sorted
into your house, learn spells, and help save Hagrid by battling a
troll!
Interactive Game:
Strands (Spring 2024)
Strands
I took CPSC 1070 with Dr. Alex Adkins at Clemson University in Spring
2024, where we primarily worked with C and C++. For one project, I
replicated the NYT Games’ Strands using my Mac’s terminal. The game
reads a text file input with the grid size, word length, and grid
letters, and challenges the player to find hidden words within the grid.
This project will not be reused, hence this code can be published.
Example Graph: US GDP
per Capita (Fall 2024)


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